Value chain mapping

I found this concept so much useful for communicating strategic plans.I found it reading Simon Wardley’s blog, that is for me an enormous source of useful information. If you are interested on the concept, visit this post.

Apriso

Investigating and talking to people about MES solutions I was looking for other solutions from the market that covers the MES needs of the companies. Apriso was the name that came into a couple of conversations. The name ‘Apriso’ was derived from the Spanish word, aprisa, which simply means ‘quickly’. Dassault Systèmes acquired Apriso this … Read more

SalesForce Vs SharePoint

I have personal aversion on SharePoint and special appreciation on SalesForce. Why? I like the things done in the right way. SalesForce has a strong and aggressive “sales force”, and this is something I do not like too much, but they have a very good product. Their platform is built with a clear projection on … Read more

More market for security business

The industry of security on IT continues evolving and increasing the amount of activities. More new created needs due to a continuous growth of the security issues and the need to protect intellectual property. So many markets are created through legislation that turn into more and more complex compliance activities. OMB: Agencies must implement continuous … Read more

ANDON

Andon is derived from a Japanese term for a type of paper lantern. In manufacturing it refers to a system to notify management, maintenance, and other workers of a quality or process problem. It started as a simple way of clear communication where Commonly color-coded is: Green: Normal operations. Yellow: – changeover or planned maintenance. Red: … Read more

SIMATIC IT Production Suite (2/2)

2. SIMATIC IT Components are designed to provide the functionality to update the status of the plant’s elements, maintain historical records, transform materials, modify orders and so forth. 2.1. At Line Testing (ALT): According to the international ISA-95 standard, production processes and output must be subjected to quality tests. These can be work instructions or … Read more

At Line Estimate

According to the international ISA-95 standard, production processes and output must be subjected to quality tests. In addition to ensuring that the correct resources (equipment, materials and personnel) are used, quality tests check that products conform to quality standards and can be released (within specified conditions). In at-line tests, items or samples are taken out … Read more

SAP Landscape Transformation

I have assisted to a couple of sessions on SAP Landscape Transformation training, for the HCM split we have to perform. During the system split, we will migrate parts of the SAP HCM data of a system into a new system. After the conversion, the new system only contains the migrated SAP HCM data. Some … Read more